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    Strategy Video for the 30th Floor

    Of course, it doesn’t come out.

    The 30th floor was a stratum pioneered before the difficulty was changed to Challenger.

    It’s disrespectful to say to [High Knight Evga], but compared to the Great Devil that came out during the [Medusa] fight and [Chief Ogre], he was a much easier opponent.

    [30th Floor] Strategy Video.

    [High Knight Evga].

    “Do you know who Evga is?”

    “Well? Many people use their real names, but many use pseudonyms.”

    “So, you can decide arbitrarily?”

    “Of course. That’s usually the case with reclusive hermits who dislike worldly things. Evga. As far as I know, there’s no such name among the High Knights. Is he from the Empire?”

    [High Knight Evga] has a daughter.

    He said he’d send his daughter, I wonder if she’ll come.

    I’ll find out when she comes.

    While I was lost in thought, Skilla said.

    “It’s started.”

    Anonymous and [Evga] begin to fight.

    Weapon clashes against weapon.

    They collide, trying to destroy each other’s weapons.

    It rang out with clanging sounds.

    It was fun to watch.

    A fight where they probe and stall for victory is boring, but a brawl where attacks constantly erupt is fun.

    Since they were only trying to destroy weapons, there were no killing moves, so they didn’t dodge or defend.

    Only attack.

    Attack.

    And attack again.

    Clang!

    Anonymous retreated.

    Americano inwardly winced and made excuses.

    “Is it because of experience?”

    “That must be it. Have you seen Anonymous’s 1st floor strategy video?”

    “No.”

    I didn’t lie.

    I experienced it directly, though.

    “Compared to then, his skills have improved tremendously. He has a natural talent. But look at that High Knight Evga.”

    He’s old.

    “He looks incredibly old at first glance. Being old also means he’s survived. He’s fought and overcome young talents.”

    “So, he knows how to deal with young talents like Anonymous?”

    “You could say that. Not just anyone can become a High Knight. It’s even harder to maintain the skills befitting a High Knight after getting old. He must have been a Sword Master when he was young.”

    It was all praise.

    But Anonymous took out a new weapon.

    The weapon also received the Anonymous effect.

    He doesn’t do that with his pet, his standards are so strange.

    Still, the weapon left his hand. The weapon given to [Evga] shed its anonymity and was held in [Evga]’s hand.

    After giving him an elixir and [Evga] drank it, Skilla shouted, “As expected of Anonymous!” and happily cheered for [Evga]’s recovery.

    “He wants to fight again in perfect condition. I know it!”

    “….”

    Round 2 begins.

    They rush at each other, trying to kill each other.

    They poured out all the skills they had.

    [Phantom Swords] fluttered.

    [Sword Aura] raged.

    I thought it was evenly matched.

    But it was different.

    I didn’t know it then.

    Now, seeing it from a third-party perspective, I could see it.

    ‘I can see it now that I see it like this.’

    [Evga] wasn’t at full power.

    It wasn’t that he wasn’t using his full power.

    He couldn’t use his full power.

    The sword couldn’t withstand [Evga]’s power, so he manages its durability from time to time.

    The stronger a person is, the more they need a weapon that can withstand that power, but [Evga] used an ordinary steel sword from the beginning, as if he had placed a restriction on himself.

    But that’s what’s holding him back now.

    He uses [Sword Aura], but only twice.

    Perhaps even that wasn’t his full power.

    Even so, the steel sword was damaged.

    After the [Sword Aura], the movement to drag the fight into an exchange of blows disappears.

    On the other hand, Anonymous fired [Phantom Swords] regardless of whether the sword broke or not.

    [Phantom Swords] put less strain on the sword, and he put a considerable amount of Magical Power into [Enhancement] of the sword.

    That was the difference between a Hero and a non-Hero. The setting is that Heroes receive an additional advantage called stats, and seeing it like this, the difference was quite large.

    ‘I shouldn’t have used my Awakened Ability.’

    It’s starting to feel embarrassing that I used my Awakened Ability to win when [Evga] was fighting with restrictions.

    How great would it have been if I had confidently won using only my sword.

    But at this time, I was desperate to get rid of being an [Outsider], so I would have used it in the end. The enhanced version of [Outsider] was so severe that it was the top priority.

    ‘Still, I would have won.’

    Even if I hadn’t used my Awakened Ability, I was still sure of my victory in the end.

    That’s why it’s even more embarrassing.

    Anyway, Anonymous and [Evga] faced off, and Anonymous declared something.

    The strategy video ends.

    “Here?”

    “I know, right.”

    He just edited it and uploaded it right away.

    I didn’t know because I didn’t watch the edited version.

    It ended really awkwardly.

    I guess the comments will be a mess.

    ‘Does it matter?’

    I wasn’t going to watch it anyway.

    I have even more reason not to watch it.

    Let’s think positively.

    Still, I was a little worried about what Skilla would say. I was worried that she would get angry watching the awkwardly ended video.

    It was worse than I feared.

    “The Great Devil came out.”

    “….”

    Why does it have to be like that.

    “Something amazing came out. There’s no way the video would have ended so abruptly otherwise! It was in the unlisted video too. It’s only a few minutes difference!”

    Come to think of it, the video length was written on the unlisted video page.

    The difference from the edited version is only a few minutes.

    The victory or defeat was decided in those few minutes that were cut off.

    Skilla, who saw the Great Devil, suspected the Great Devil.

    ‘Should I clear up this misunderstanding?’

    “I have to send a message to Abaji. We shouldn’t have been relieved just because it was sealed…! It’s actively working using its followers!”

    “….”

    Let’s not clear it up.

    Clearing up the misunderstanding is troublesome, and to clear up the misunderstanding, I have to reveal that I’m Anonymous. I can’t change the video to the original now.

    If I change it, I think I’ll get another strange misunderstanding.

    Besides,

    ‘If I leave her with the misunderstanding, will it be helpful later?’

    Skilla is a noble.

    The day may come when I go hunting for the Great Devil with the help of a noble.

    In the first place, Great Devils were opponents that should be approached with caution, so it wouldn’t be a problem to leave Skilla alone.

    Still, I feel a little sorry.

    I finished watching the [30th Floor] strategy video.

    “Americano, I’m sorry, but I have to go now because I have urgent business!”

    Skilla hurriedly left, saying that she had to tell the lord what she had seen.

    “Oh, right!”

    She asks as she’s about to leave.

    “You said you needed equipment, right? Let’s go get equipment together later! Okay?”

    “Where is that?”

    I have a letter of recommendation that I received.

    I can’t ignore that favor.

    “Dwarfneer!”

    A blacksmith village where dwarves live.

    I’ll use Mudborn’s letter of recommendation there too.

    That’s good.

    I said I’d go.

    “….”

    I was left alone in the guild.

    I’ve seen the ranking chart.

    I’ll go back now.

    Then I hear a voice.

    “Medusa is so trash. I could catch her too if I just blocked the petrification. Why do you beat up a monster that was made to be solved with puzzles so ignorantly in the first place? In my opinion, that Anonymous is a moron.”

    Someone was slandering Anonymous.

    A voice I’ve heard somewhere.

    I turned around to see who it was.

    A familiar face.

    I don’t know his name.

    What was it?

    He’s a middle schooler.

    I met him when I started the game, but I can’t remember what his real name was.

    Burning him to death doesn’t seem to fix a person’s personality.

    I don’t like him.

    ‘Does he even know who Anonymous is and say that?’

    Americano glared at the middle school Hero as if she would cut him to death.

    The middle school Hero was startled and turned to look at Americano, and their eyes met.

    [Divulging Secrets of Heaven] is activated.

    [Emitting murderous intent.]

    [Hero Faust is in a state of confusion.]

    “Hiek..!”

    “Hey, hey! Why are you suddenly like this! Hey, someone grab him!”

    “He seemed to be doing better these days, why is he suddenly like this!”

    Hero Faust.

    When the middle school Hero thrashed around, his friends who were nearby grabbed him and subdued him.

    “….”

    ‘Murderous intent?’

    Americano tilted her head, looking at the contents of [Divulging Secrets of Heaven].

    ‘Why suddenly?’

    She left the guild, thinking about why she suddenly emitted murderous intent.

    I didn’t do anything.

    I didn’t manipulate anything separately.

    It wasn’t a Skill either.

    But it activated.

    All I did was glare at the middle school Hero as if I would kill him?

    I stopped by the weapon shop and returned to the accommodation.

    Gusta still hasn’t returned.

    Gumiho said she would send a letter later when she came and asked me to wait at the accommodation.

    “….”

    Americano returned to the accommodation.

    She sprawled out on the bed and spent time.

    Today’s schedule?

    I’ve almost finished everything.

    I just need to meet Gusta.

    I’m planning to meet Gusta and commission him to make a mithril sword, an orichalcum sword, or an adamantite sword.

    His proficiency may be low, but seeing how the completion of the Magic Sword is improving, it was worth entrusting him with it.

    Once I finish meeting Gusta, I won’t have anything else to do today.

    ‘It’s still lunchtime.’

    I entered the Tower early in the morning.

    30th floor.

    31st floor.

    32nd floor.

    It took about 3 hours.

    Stopping by the shopping district and watching the strategy video with Skilla also took about 3 hours, so it was about 6 hours. I returned to the accommodation around lunchtime.

    I grabbed a pillow and rolled around.

    Rolling around.

    ‘What should I do.’

    If it weren’t for the schedule to meet Gusta or Tang So-hye’s warning, I would have gone to the hunting grounds to pass the time, but I couldn’t.

    All I can do is fight.

    I was going to rest for a while.

    Until I get my equipment.

    But all I can think of to do in Full Dive is combat.

    I know that Full Dive is also serious about life content, but I’m not very interested in life content. Not at all. Not even a little.

    In the first place, what is there to do in life content?

    Home decorating? Fishing? Trade? Cooking? Farming? Peddling?

    Where can you find fun in that?

    One of Americano’s biggest questions is games that involve cultivating farms. Of course, I’m not going to download a game just because it’s not fun.

    It has been a worldwide sensation and I can’t ignore those results.

    In the first place, the joy of a game will be different for each person.

    Still, Americano’s impression that it’s not fun doesn’t change.

    It’s boring.

    “Aaaaaaaah.”

    Rolling around, rolling around.

    Rolling around, rolling around, thud.

    I fell off the bed.

    “It’s boring.”

    It had only been 30 minutes since I entered the accommodation when I said that.

    Just as I was burying my face in the pillow I was hugging, the landlady’s daughter knocked and delivered the news. Someone sent by Gumiho has arrived.


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